A dream of an evening with the West-Eastern Divan

Von Mark Pullinger, 19 August 2015

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“crouched, poised, ready to strike; a veritable panther of the percussion”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Albert Hall, London, am 18 August 2015

Schönberg, Kammersinfonie Nr. 1 E-Dur, Op. 9

Beethoven, Tripelkonzert für Violine, Cello und Klavier in C-Dur, Op.56

Tschaikowsky, Symphonie Nr. 4 in f-Moll, Op.36

Sibelius, Valse triste, Op.44 Nr.1

Glinka, Ruslan und Ludmilla: Ouvertüre

Carli, El Firulete

Guy Braunstein, Violine

Kian Soltani, Cello

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim, Musikalische Leitung, Klavier

Heimat in der Fremde: Barenboim und das West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Alexandra Richter, 1st August

Barenboim feiert mit seinem israelisch-arabischen Orchester eine triumphale Rückkehr in die Konzertsäle Europas.

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Unerwartete Freundschaft: 20 Jahre West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Benedikt Zacher, 23rd October

Anne-Sophie Mutter und Yo-Yo Ma feiern mit Daniel Barenboim das zwanzigjährige Jubiläum seines West-Eastern Divan Orchestras.

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Mehr als nur Musik: Barenboim und das WEDO in Luzern

Rolf Kyburz, 17th August

Barenboim machte deutlich, dass nicht er selbst im Zentrum stand, sondern das Orchester, das Konzept des „Divan“, das gemeinsame Erleben der Jugendlichen, die einen sehr eindrücklichen, bewegenden Konzertabend gestaltet hatten.

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Joy and hope from Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Chris Garlick, 4th November

The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are on fire with the joy of music-making to the delight of a very sympathetic and enthusiastic audience at London's Southbank Centre.

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Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan return to the BBC Proms

Asher Rubenstein, 11th August

Marking 25 years of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim returns to the Proms with violin legend Anne-Sophie Mutter.

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Thomas Guggeis fédère la patrie du West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Augustin Javel, 5th May

L'ensemble multiculturel fait montre d'une belle cohésion dans le cycle de Smetana, sous la direction d'un Thomas Guggeis (remplaçant Daniel Barenboim souffrant) impeccable de bout en bout.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Prom 44: Barenboim as Bottom? A dream of an evening with the West-Eastern Divan